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Self

27Jan09

The other day I came into Elliot’s room and saw this:

He called it “Self.” He kept saying things like, “self is on the floor playing cars.” Self is taking a nap. At one point, he picked the clothes up, threw them in his bed and said, “Self is jumping on my bed!”


Self.

17Jan09

Elliot is playing Self.
He’s pretending he’s left his body and is playing independently.
“Self is in the black car and he won the race. I knew self would win.”
My little existentialist.


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Today the kids scrunched, raked, piled, jumped, threw, buried, tossed, and sometimes ate the leaves in the front yard. It was a blast to spend the afternoon outside with the kids having so much fun. Nice having Scheller kids, Mills kids, Mehta kid, Neighbor kids all sharing in such a joy-filled, innocent afternoon.
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As summer came to a close, we headed over to the Gamble’s for a little chili cookout and “water squirter” time. We don’t do guns in my house. They just don’t seem to make sense to play with when there really are people killing each other with them in the neighborhood.
Anywho. Here’s a few [...]


Taken this weekend at the park with Elliot, Levi, Mommy, Daddy, Erin and Ezra. What a great park, right on the edge of north Minneapolis. Also, a few shots from Daddy’s day with Elliot and Levi at LegoLand at Mall of America…
The extended gallery…


We had Elliot’s Birthday Party today.
A month ago, when I asked him what kind of birthday party he wanted, he responeded, “A Cowboy Johnny Cash party.”
Well that’s what he got…complete with a shirt bought at the cowboy/western store at mall of america. It was awesome.
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